Lot #: 477
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with the Cobalt Floral Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1865, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed vine design bearing two tulip blossoms and a tulip bud, the decoration applied over slip-washed clay. Additional cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed with large three-gallon capacity mark at shoulder. Very nice condition with a shallow 1 1/8" flake to interior of rim and some faint in-the-firing surface crazing, not visible on interior.
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